3 Cigars in less than 24-hours - Crazy or Amazing?

Shortly after the Dark Knight was laid to rest, I started on another one!

This time I chose the Carlos Torano Exodus 1959, which is a 54 RG, 6.5-7" long, box pressed torpedo. It has no raised veins and was a 7/10 in firmness. Immediately after lighting it, I could smell and taste pepper and spice. After a few minutes the pepper and spice dissipated and the cool draw brought me hints of coffee and cocoa. I could also taste what seemed to be cedar.

One thing that's interesting about this cigar, is that you can smell chocolate while it is resting, from the end that you smoke from. I have had a handful of these and this wasn't near as good as I recall. I did have to relight it around the 60% mark, as it went out quickly.

A: 18/20
C: 27/30
L: 12/15
T: 27/35

Overall: 84/100

1st Official Cigar Club Smoke Out - 8/30/2009

Well, the first Official Cigar Club smoke out began with the New Release of the Dark Knight, which is made by Hoyo De Monterey (Seen to the left). This particular cigar is a Tubo (which does come in a silver aluminum tube, hence tubo) and is 5" long (like the average man), with a ring gauge of 52-53. It is Maduro in color, however the wrapper is a Cameroon.

When I first looked at this one, it reminded me of an old Pre-50's baseball glove, with a dark leathery appearance and many raised veins throughout. It was very firm and tightly wrapped, however the outer cap was loose and just fell off on it's own, prior to me punching it.

After lighting it, there was a heavy ripple of smoke that appeared the same whether I was drawing on it or while it was resting. I could definitely smell sweet chocolate from the others being smoked, then I could taste chocolate that reminded me of the Semi Sweet Baker's Chocolate my mom would bake with.

The burn was very even throughout the smoke and it had a cool draw past 50%. Somewhere in the 50% - 75% range, the flavor disappeared and was gone forever. RIP...


Appearance: 19/20
Construction: 28/30
Lighting: 14/15
Taste: 27/35
Total: 88/100